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Te Aito debut by 5 CI paddlers
Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in National
The gruelling Te Aito Tahiti – the world’s toughest singles outrigger race – lived up to its reputation yesterday when Cook Islanders made their debut in the elite French Polynesian event. Howling winds, choppy surf and strong currents tested the field of 40 open women and 30 junior women on what was the first day […]
Careers Expo all go
Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in National
The annual Careers Expo will this year be held at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao starting on Thursday. A total of 32 exhibitors have confirmed to take part in this year’s expo and they include private and government sector businesses plus visiting exhibitors from tertiary institutions from New Zealand. Around 650 students are expected […]
Time of the essence for Budget tabling
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Jim Marurai is reportedly thinking of calling a sitting of Parliament for July 23 just a week before the deadline for tabling the annual Budget. Finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen told CI News yesterday that the now balanced Budget is ready to go to Parliament following its approval by cabinet this month. Under the […]
Masters return with massive medal haul
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands masters’ athletics team have returned home from Tahiti with a whopping 61 medals –possibly the most medals ever won by a Cook Islands’ sports team. Members of the successful team returned home from the Oceania Masters Athletics Championships in Tahiti on Tuesday weighed down with their medals but buoyed by the awesome […]
Selection disappoints hopeful
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in Local
Avatiu’s Poko Keu is disappointed at the process carried out to select Sam ‘Gumby’ Crocombe as the Democratic Party election candidate for Ruatonga-Avatiu-Panama-Palmerston-Atupa (RAPPA). He also believes it unfairly all came down to “who had the most money” to mount a successful campaign come election time. On Tuesday party executives announced that a run off […]
Trio examines island biodiversity
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
Three Master’s degree students from England recently returned from a five-week stint studying biodiversity in the outer islands. Two of them – Rachael Heptonstall and Hannah Stephenson – were on Atiu, staying with the Porio family in Mapumai. Kimberley Jennings, whose background is in biology, did her research on Aitutaki. All three tertiary students will […]
$40,000 raised at St Joseph's
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
By the start of the 2011 school year, new entrants at St Joseph’s Primary School will have a new preschool block to have fun learning in. The Catholic school held a gala day on Friday and raised $40,000 for the renovation of the preschool block. The gala day included loads of fun kids’ games and […]
Boy a big hit
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
The Aotearoa Society, Rarotonga recently held their premiere fundraiser of the top selling New Zealand movie Boy. It was a huge success with a sellout audience, 200 hangi plates sold and even Minties for the premiere ticket holders. The Empire Theatre also had a great weekend screening the movie and the foyer, decked out in […]
Drugs protected from tsunami
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
The new World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to the region, Dr Yang Pbaoing, has agreed to fund the moving of all pharmacy supplies to the hospital from the Public Health Clinic in Tupapa. The move will be going ahead in the coming months to protect all drugs from damage if the island is hit by […]
Cervical cancer vaccine coming
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
Secretary of Health Tupou Faireka has revealed that he is in talks with a professor from New Zealand to bring to the Cook Islands the vaccine that protects against cervical cancer. The vaccine, known as the HPV vaccine, protects against the virus which is the main cause of cervical cancer. It has already been rolled […]
Te Puni formally introduced to PM
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
New Zealand High Commissioner Linda Te Puni is now officially recognised by the Cook Islands’ Government after presenting her letter of introduction to Prime Minister Jim Marurai yesterday. Te Puni had been acting High Commissioner for three months before she was appointed to the post on June 2 by NZ foreign minister Murray McCully. The […]
Southern Cross still at sea
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
The Southern Cross is still at sea, four days after 11 people, including two sick children were rescued from it by police on patrol boat Te Kukupa. “If we did not send out Te Kukupa to rescue those children we would not be able to say if they would be alive or not today,” said […]
Bastille Day celebration attracts crowd
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in National
Yesterday, Le Bon Vivant hosted an all-day celebration in honour of Bastille Day – to commemorate the storming of the Bastille some 221 years ago in France. The French remember July 14, 1789 as a symbol of the birth of the French Republic and the end of monarchy. The Bastille Day celebration attracted members of […]
$54,000 theft case
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Crime
Eiao Baniani pleaded not guilty to two charges of theft which amount to over $54,000 when he appeared in the High Court at Rarotonga yesterday It is alleged Baniani stole the money from his former employers at Paradise Cove in Aitutaki. Yesterday was the first day of a jury trial that is set down for […]
Nothing compares to chasing an eclipse
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Environment
There’s a reason people of all nationalities follow the promise of an eclipse to the far reaches of the globe for serious eclipse-chasers, nothing compares. American eclipse-chaser Larry Shore has logged nine solar eclipses in places such as Shanghai, Siberia, Egypt and Pitcairn Island, and said that for those who haven’t experienced a total solar […]
All just part of the experience
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Environment
When amateur astronomer Torsten Rothenwaldt prepares to watch an eclipse, he knows there’s always a chance that poor weather will muddle the experience. He’s travelled from his home country of Germany to Libya, Mongolia and Kiribati chasing eclipses, and believes that they are awe-inspiring shows even if obscured by clouds. Rothenwaldt decided a decade ago […]
Tav case delayed
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Local
Businesswoman Ellena Tavioni appeared in court yesterday as a petition for the winding up of her clothing business Tav Ltd was presented to the High Court by the Collector of Inland Revenue. But the case of Ministry of Finance & Economic Management (MFEM) vs Tav Ltd was adjourned to August 30 as Tavioni’s lawyer Tony […]
Te Kukupa to the rescue
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Local
Police patrol boat Te Kukupa was sent to retrieve 11 of 13 people on board the yacht SV Southern Cross after it experienced engine trouble at the weekend. Police received information on Saturday that the 58ft ketch had experienced engine problems near Palmerston island en route to Rarotonga. The yacht was expected to arrive in […]
Mangaia proves a hit
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Local
Though clouds obscured the Sunday morning eclipse in Mangaia, most tourists fell too much in love with the island to let it ruin their holiday. There were some who couldn’t conceal their disappointment, but the majority of eclipse-chasers who travelled to Mangaia this weekend said that the island’s beauty and its people more than made […]
Beer vote may be challenged
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Local
Businessman James Beer has been confirmed as the Democratic Party’s election candidate for Murienua after last week’s run off against Angeline Tuara. But with Beer scarcely past the first post in his ambition to become an MP, Tuara’s supporters were reportedly planning to complain and ask for a recount of the votes. Yesterday, the Demo […]
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